Neighborhood activists unite to protest crisis in housing

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/10/03/group-rallies-protest-rising-rents/PUpvwAtO6Bftxi1PfoSaKP/story.html



Boston residents protesting the city’s housing situation marched Saturday along Charles Street in Fields Corner.

Neighborhood activists unite to protest crisis in housing
By Astead W. Herndon Globe Staff October 04, 2015

As luxury developments engulf Boston and housing costs rise, neighborhood organizations across the city bonded under a common refrain: “Up with the wages!” they cried, “Down with the rent!”

Hundreds gathered Saturday at the Vietnamese American Community Center in Dorchester to protest what they called a housing crisis in Boston, as corporate landlords displace the poor and traditional communities of color, they said.

Saturday’s event, coined the 2015 Right to Remain Boston Assembly & Action, drew groups from almost every city neighborhood. Participants at the rally then marched a mile from the community center to an apartment complex at 200 Hancock St., chanting about their cause all the way.

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Olga Pasco of East Boston has lived in assorted hotels since Aug. 1, after the rent for her apartment unexpectedly jumped by $800, she said. She does not know where her family of three will sleep in the coming months, Pasco said.